BOMBS AT DAWN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 268, 12 November 1928, Page 7

BOMBS AT DAWN.

DUBLIN'S ARMISTICE.

Statues Of Monarchs Shattered

By Explosives.

DAT OF DISTURBANCES. | (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 11. Bomb explosions before dawn awoke Dublin to the fact that Armistice Day had arrived and that there was stLl a dangerous section of extremist Republicans abroad. During the night explosives were placed at the base of the King William equestrian monument at College Green. The explosion damaged the pedestal and the bronze horse and shattered the windows of the banks and offices in the vicinity. Almost simultaneously a bomb exploded at the base of the bronze statue of George 11. at St. Stephens Green, damaging the stonework. Both explosions were heard" for miles and the police rushed to the vicinity. They made no arrests, but there were fears that further outrages would interfere with the processions. Nevertheless, thousands of bemedalled and ex-service-men wearing poppies, accompanied by black-shirted British Fascisti and women relatives of the fallen, despite a pelting rain, marched to the Cenotaph in Phoenix Park, on which Deputy Shaw placed a wreath on behalf of the Irish Free State. The crowd, after two minutes' silence, sang "God Save the King." The return march was marred by several scuffles with youths, who attempted to break the procession's ranks and seize the Union Jacks. They were roughly handled and rescued with difficulty by the Civic Guard. Excited crowds thronged the principal streets in expectation of further disturbances.